Bison Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Word up my homies, I'm doing some Bowie stuff with a new outfit I'm playing with, and was wondering what effect is used on the studio version of Let's Dance? I've tried to get a similar sound with my ehx micro synth and with envelope filter's with no success. Any idea's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Carmine Rojas played bass on that track so its unlikely to be anything synthy. Maybe a fretless P-bass or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I imagine the Bass Micro Synth would be the closest you'll get with a cheap FX unit. Crank the first two voice sliders, turn the others off, trigger off, find the sweet spot on the Stop slider and that's about the best you'll manage. I don't think there's an envelope effect on there but there's definitely a bandy-sounding filter in the verses and an analogue octaver, so the BMS is a fairly good choice for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Now I've actually listened to it, I'd suggest a 70's jazz with a pizzicato upright bass synth patch played up an octave over the top of it which drops out for the 'if you say run' bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 A live clip here, same bass patch. You can here the sounds more distinctly. Useless piece of trivia: Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards were the producers on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I think i remember reading somewhere that it was just a heavy compressed DI Jazz Bass with an Envelope filter, which was quite common at the time. Another trick of that time was a Moog Bass under the Bass Gtr. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Cheers guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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